I'm a cashier at a store called Fred Meyer. Fred Meyer is a store that sells almost everything. They have a grocery section, a deli and a Starbucks, clothing section, electronics section, home and garden section, and they have a gas station outside. I've been working there on and off for a few years.

Retail is definitely not a job I want to work at long term... Doesn't pay very much, and like Azerane said, I'm like her, I'm not a really a people person. I am nice to customers, but I usually don't start conversations with them while helping them, like some other cashiers do. Don't like dealing with rude people, but luckily that doesn't happen very often, most people are nice. But it's a nice temporary job for now. The people I work with are nice. I get paid a few dollars higher minimum wage, I get 32 hours a week most of the time, I have a lot of vacation hours saved up, and my husband and I get health insurance through my job. Also, Fred Meyer makes it convenient to buy things. If I need to buy groceries after work, I don't even have to leave work, I just buy the food in the same building after I get off from work. I pretty much buy everything there, clothes, video games, any home items I need, gas for my car... The employee discount is nice. And I've become a more coupon savvy shopper since I started working there.